The Portland daily press., 1887-05-10

A fierce prairie fire is raging 16 miles from
Grand Forks, Dakota, endangering the set
Elements in its way. Several casualties are
reported, but without particulars.
Rev. j. w. Maxwell, of the Holiness Band
church OF Louisville, KY, is quite i'll from
the effects of arsenic, in glass of lemonade
which he found on his pulpit Friday night,
and of which he drank. He says this is the
fourth time that an attempt has been made
upon his life, and he has put the matter into
the hands of detectives.
Henry Parson, of Gloucester, Mass, mas
ter builder, has been missing from his home
since April 26th. 1t is thought that he might
have committed suicide. Investigation shows
that he leaves unpaid bills amounting to
$4,000.
Nothing is yet settled with regard to the
Office of United States Treasurer
Jay Gould has purchased 10000 acres of
land in Arkansas.
Queen Victoria is said to have astonished
people at Aix-le -Bains by her dowdy appear
ance.
Mrs. Elizabeth Granger celebrated her
102 birthday at Pittsfeld, Mass, on Sunday.
Robert Garrett, the president of the Balti-
more a. Ohio railroad, is a Beau Brummel in
the matter of dress
Ex-Vice President Wheeler has been con-
fined to his bed for several weeks, and is in
a critical condition. He retains keen inter-
est in current events, and has the papers
read to him daily.
An Indian magnate, the Maharajah of
Jadhpore,. lost six boxes of jewels in the
sinking of the steamship Tasmania, off the
Corsican coast last month, and he demands
$2C0,0C9 from the steamship company as in
demnity. The jewels were left with the cap
tain, who, having saved his passengers, went
down with his ship.
Prince Leopold of Prussia arrived in New
York yesterday morning, from Rochester,
and took rooms at the Albemarlc Hotel He
Will leave Tor Europe next Saturday.
A young Brooklyn boy has been recently
sentenced to six months IN the penitentiary
for having thrown cat at his mother.
A bullet has just been cut from the body
of a Maryland negro, which was shot ilto
him by drunken oyerseer thirty-iye years
ago.
A shark, 35 feet long and weighing 10000
pounds, was recently caught off the Califor-
MIA coast.
Ex-Congressman John S. Barbour of Vir-
ginia, says that his career as legislator is
ended. He is confning himself to his law
practice. He says the delegation from Vir-
ginia to the next convention was by no
means certain to be for President Cleveland
'.The Republican gains in the congressional
elections in our State last fall, he says, "&e
attributed to dissatisfaction with the Presi-
dents policy"
The Comptroller of the Currency yester-
day authorized the Western National Bank
of the city of New York to begin business
with capital of $3,5C0,ceo. The officers are
PANEL Manning president, and Howard
Blanklnhorn cashier
A complimentary breakfast was rendered
to Queen Kapiolani by Mayor O'Brien at the
Parker House in Boston yesterday The
breakfast room was handsomely decorated
with flowers and bunting. About fifty guests
were present.
In the Dominion Methodist church at Otta
wa, Sunday evening" Rev. w. w. Carson.
preashing to a congregation of $500 persons
touched upon Mr.. O'Brien's contemnlated
visit. He protested against the object Of the
visit, and called upon all loyal Canadians to
DO the same.
The American Exhibition was formally
opeaed III London yesterday. The weather
was clear and sunny. About 1000 persons at
tended. The bursting of boiler during the
morning prevented the starting of the ma
chinery, but otherwise the programme of the
opening ceremony was carried out. Hum
dreds of visitors ignored the ceremony of
opening the regular exhibition and rushed to
the grounds where the Wild West show gave
an exhibition.